07/15/14 Mr. Serrano raised a point of order against the Massie amendment (A032). Mr. Serrano stated the provisions of the Massie amendment sought to change existing law and constituted legislation in an appropriations bill. The Chair sustained the point of order.

Amendment prohibits the use of funds by an officer or employee of the United States to query a collection of foreign intelligence information acquired under FISA using a United States person identifier except in specified instances.

At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: SEC.___. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used in contravention of section 7606 ("Legitimacy of Industrial Hemp Research") of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Pub. L. No. 113-79) by the Department of Justice or the Drug Enforcement Administration.

Amendment sought to strike section 5 entitled "Customer-Suit Exemption" which inserts a new provision into the patent code requiring a court to grant a motion to stay a pattern infringement suit against certain "covered customers".